On this day: December 6

Harriet Tubman escapes slavery, the capstone is set on the Washington Monument, the TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" debuts, and Roy Orbison passes away, all on this day.

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Washington Post

1877: The first edition of the Washington Post is published. The first issue of the paper cost 3 cents.

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